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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Four-Day Planet, by Henry Beam Piper This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Four-Day Planet Author: Henry Beam Piper Release Date: October 6, 2006 [EBook #19478] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK FOUR-DAY PLANET *** Produced by Greg Weeks, Sankar Viswanathan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net Transcriber's Note: Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed. The attribution is not a part of the original book. Four-Day Planet by H. Beam Piper SF ace books A Division of Charter Communications Inc. A GROSSET & DUNLAP COMPANY 360 Park Avenue South New York, New York 10010 Copyright (C) 1961 by H. Beam Piper _Cover art by Michael Whelan_ * * * * * DEDICATION For Betty and Vall, with loving remembrance * * * * * CONTENTS 1. The Ship from Terra 2. Reporter Working 3. Bottom Level 4. Main City Level 5. Meeting Out of Order 6. Elementary, My Dear Kivelson 7. Aboard the _Javelin_ 8. Practice, 50-MM Gun 9. Monster Killing 10. Mayday, Mayday 11. Darkness and Cold 12. Castaways Working 13. The Beacon Light 14. The Rescue 15. Vigilantes 16. Civil War Postponed 17. Tallow-Wax Fire 18. The Treason of Bish Ware 19. Masks Off 20. Finale * * * * * Four-Day Planet 1 THE SHIP FROM TERRA I went through the gateway, towing my equipment in a contragravity hamper over my head. As usual, I was wondering what it would take, short of a revolution, to get the city of Port Sandor as clean and tidy and well lighted as the spaceport area. I knew Dad's editorials and my sarcastic news stories wou
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